City of Bloomington

Electricity markets are volatile again this year and that will cost Bloomington-Normal residents on their heating and cooling bills. For the last two years, the so-called municipal aggregated rate negotiated by a group of cities and towns has seen a big increase — 30% this year alone.

As the City of Bloomington considers how to get more water in the future, planners could look to the city of Joliet for an example. One of the options under study by Bloomington would be for the city to build a pipeline to the Illinois River.

The city council also approved a change to council meeting procedures, and a $7 million park project funded by grant money.

Data centers may have a big geographical footprint, but they don't necessarily use a lot of water compared to other industrial facilities. WGLT gathered some data to help put data center water use in context, based on what's been approved in Joliet between here and Chicago.

Illinois Wesleyan University on Thursday announced a new interdisciplinary program focused on quantum science that it says will be the first of its kind in the U.S.

The City of Bloomington will explore development possibilities for land on the northeast edge of Downtown, after acquiring the former Electrolux and Mennonite Hospital property through a land exchange with Illinois Wesleyan University.

With local elections in McLean County facing low turnout and dozens of uncontested seats, what's stopping our neighbors from running for office?

At Wednesday's forum, only one resident spoke in favor of a data center. The other 24 people raised concerns over water use, pollution, land use and transparency from the city.

The City of Bloomington is getting close to the end of cleanup from the tornadoes that swept through the Twin Cities on April 17. City Manager Jeff Jurgens said city crews have hauled away 442 truckloads of debris.

In his first State of the City speech, Bloomington Mayor Dan Brady said the city has accomplished a lot in his first year in office.